SUNY Cortland C-Club Hall of Fame
One of the top women’s basketball performers in school history, Kirstjan “Kiki” Seago recorded 1,424 points and 703 rebounds from 1989-93. She graduated as Cortland’s career scoring leader and ranked third in rebounding, and she currently ranks third in scoring and sixth in rebounds.
During her senior season, Seago averaged nearly 20 points and 10 rebounds per game. She was named both the SUNYAC and ECAC Upstate New York Player of the Year, was an honorable mention Kodak All-American and was a Champion USA Division III National Player of the Year finalist. As a junior, she led the team with 12.5 points per game and also averaged six rebounds per contest as the Red Dragons won the SUNYAC title and advanced to the NCAA Division III Sweet 16.
The Penn Yan, N.Y., native earned both All-SUNYAC and All-ECAC honors and was a team captain each of her final three seasons. She also chaired Cortland’s Student Athlete Advisory Council. Seago earned a bachelor’s degree in 1993 and a master’s degree from Ohio State University in 1994.
Seago coached and taught physical education at Wayne Central High School from 1994-2002. She served as varsity girls’ basketball head coach from 1995-2001 and assistant track and field coach from 1995-98. Seago also held the position of interim assistant principal in 1997 and was interim director of athletics in 1997-98.
Since 2002, Seago has taught at Penn Yan Academy, her alma mater. The New York State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (NYSAHPERD) honored her with its 2013 Amazing Person Award in Secondary Physical Education and its 2008 Central Western Zone Secondary Physical Education Teacher of the Year honor. In 2011, she was an integral part of a team that successfully received a competitive $600,000 Mary M. White PEP Grant to improve the students’ physical education program by addressing their cardio respiratory endurance and activity levels.
In addition to her teaching, Seago teaches yoga, serves as a volunteer coach in Penn Yan’s youth sports programs, and is on the board of directors and selection committee for the Penn Yan Academy Athletic Hall of Fame.
